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Regulators’ Cybersecurity Expectations Lack Clarity – Hogan Lovells

By Samuel Riding | 06/06/2016

Law firm says it is unclear what benchmarks Hong Kong and Singapore will use.

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Singapore Launches Fintech Sandbox Consultation

By Samuel Riding | 06/06/2016

Fintechs will be able to serve customers while not having to comply with regulation.

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Philippines Moots ‘Hard Regulations’ for Bitcoin

By Samuel Riding | 04/06/2016

Central bank official says exchanges currently seen as equivalent to remittance providers.

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CSRC Warns on Private Fund Sales to Retail Investors

By Samuel Riding | 03/06/2016

Regulator clamping down on practice of slicing off portions of private funds for sale.

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RBI Tells Banks to Implement Cybersecurity Plans

By Samuel Riding | 03/06/2016

Financial institutions told to put plans in place immediately, categorise their level of risk.

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Guotai Junan Fined for Breaching Client ID Rule

By Samuel Riding | 31/05/2016

SFC says securities firm took more than six months to comply with two-day disclosure rule.

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SWIFT to Reinforce Security

By Samuel Riding | 25/05/2016

Messaging service has had security questioned since Bangladesh Bank scandal.

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MAS Orders Branch of Swiss Private Bank to Shut Down

By Samuel Riding | 24/05/2016

Regulator says bank involved in Singapore’s ‘worst case of control lapses and gross misconduct’.

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SFC to Consult on Investor Identity Disclosure

By Samuel Riding | 23/05/2016

Brokers could be required to disclose identities of individuals making equity trades.